The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-02-09

to make it a paying mine. The
'srILL&ArER MINE.
is owned by Bowen & Fleming. and is
located in Wolverine pass. A shaft of rs
feet discloses vast body of ore. Some
assays from this property have gone up
in the thousands. Last summer they
received for nine tons of ore on the
dump, from the Republic company,
81, l,200-certainly this is good ore. The
owners of the mine are working this
winter, and look forward to seeing this
leading mine in the camp. The
HoMEsrAKE MINE,
/ needs little to be said about. Its value
is 100000. 1t is known throughout
Montana. the owners being Smith &
Mather. As much has been said about
this property we will not tarry with it.
The
DAISY NINE,
is about another property like the Home
stake. 1t lies just south on the same
mountain, (Henderson.) It is owned
by Kearns & Bradson. It carries more
gold than the Homestake, but not as
much silver, making the assay value
about the same. The most promising
thing about these two mines are the inn
mense bodies of ore in sight; in fact, it
seems q mountain Of ore. The
also lies in Wolverine pass, and is owned
by Bennett, Garrett & Robbins. This
property is equal to the Saltwater mine.
A tunnel go feet. and two shafts, is work
that has been done this winter. Both
shafts have ore from the top to the bot
tom, one shaft being so feet and the
other 90 feet, tho vein being one and
half feet wide. The ore is very rich,
going $242 in silver, and twenty per cent
lead. There are four men working on
the property this winter. should like
to see this property open up well, a.
Frank Bennett is an old-time friend Of
mine. The
BLACK HAVE,
owned by R. B. Emerson, on Henderson
mountain, is looking up well with rs
foot tunnel. The Rose Leaf lies on the
east side of it, owned by Geo. Joseph
and c. B. Jones. Both are good prop
erty.
BEECHKR & Shells.
These gentlemen own number Of in
terests in the camp. The firm consists
of DR.. s. A. Beecher of St. Paul and
Capt. Thos. Shells, formerly of that place,
bat now a resident of this place. Capt.
Shells first became interested in Cooke
in July, 1885 and since has devoted his
entire interests to the camp. The firm
owns interests of mile long, 30 I am
unable to describe all as I should like.
Among them is the Como, where they
have struck large body of ore. They
also have an interest in the New-Year
Call. the co-owners all being we'll known
in Montana, viz:-J. Malin, Zed Daniels,
Jno. Tate and P. Kennedy. In this
claim the owners feel assured that they
have struck the main vein, the vein var
ying from IA to "a inches, assaying from
$50 to $640 to the ton. The Silver Queen,
which they also own, is looking well, q
tunnel go feet shows up some fine ore.
The Silver Zone and the Blue Bird.
which looks as though it might take its
place among its famous namesakes in the
Butte district. Capt. Shells favorte
saying is. "We are gambling on rail-
road. With that and cheap transport
alton we will take our place among the
foremost mining camps in the country"
The Manufacturers Of St. Paul are also
interested here; but have only done the
Unnecessary work, awaiting the railroad,
when they will no doubt work their
prospects to their fullest extent. The
WHITE WARRIOR,
the last, but not the least, lies on Sheep
mountain and is owned by Collier, How.
ell & Co. It is developed by tunnel of
200 feet, which shows the vein to have
widened from the start Of three inches
to q four-foot vein. Assays from this
mine have gone up in the hundreds
average assay goes $4OO to the ton in
gold. The vein Is a true QUE. A con-
tract of 200 feet further in the tunnel, is
being worked on.
| COOKE CITY
is about 65 miles from the end Of the
Park branch line, (Cinnabar) The
town itself covers quite considerable
ground, some 100 good log houses being
erected. Two good hotel buildings, with
a promise of another in the spring from
Col. J. P, Nolan; one short order house,
a livery and feed stable, three general
merchandise stores, one notion and bar
ber shop combined, one general hard
ware store. notion and novelty store,
and one gents furnishing goods store.
Saloons are plentiful. We have good
school building. erected last fall. Both
smelters are close to town. Cooke is
noted for being the great snow camp. I
must acknowledge this to be fact. This
winter, in town, some four feet Of snow
lies on the level. Notwithstanding
this, work can be continued as well rs in
summer. Plenty of travel keeps the
roads open, and teamsters say that haul
ing ores ON bobs il much better than
wagons. Wood is plenty, timber being
in great quantities throughout the sur
rounding country. Elk. deer and other
game is plenty, though mostly fresh
beef is used. snowshoeing seems to be
great sport up here. and every one Seems
70 enjoy it, from the young "chickp p to
your correspondent.
The worst part of the year here ID
"eentle spring." Roads then begin
breaking up and travelling is generally
abandoned for five weeks. 1 look fol
good times here next summer. The
Wall Street Daily Ledger of January 9Th
1887, says: "The Billings and Clark'i
Fork R. R. Co. gave a first mortgage t.
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
of New York, for 500, ,000, 900. in ordel
; to secure the company's gold bonds, run
ming 40 years, to be payable in New
York or London at the option of tn,
, holders. Cooke City, Montana, is tn,
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